New WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Americans Want Compromise

A new WSJ/NBC poll finds Americans are generally happy with the midterm election results but are looking for compromise between Democrats and the new Republicans.

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in the Wall Street Journal NBC News poll taken after the midterm elections found Americans have little faith that the result was for Republicans and Democrats to work more closely together ... a narrow majority expressed positive views about the Republican takeover of the Senate ... but they're not as enthusiastic as they were when Republicans won control the House in two thousand ten forty percent of people think the election will make no difference when it comes elected leaders working together ... twice as many Americans said they wanted politicians to compromise ... rather than stick to their campaign promises ... so why are people happy about her Republican Senate if they think it'll make no difference those people wanna see Congress take the lead on setting policy not President Obama ... and they're glad there are fewer people in Congress to support his agenda ... in fact the Democrat has displaced more than Obama Hillary Clinton Joe Biden and Harry Reid is Nancy policy he just won another term as the top Democrat in the house ... the message from his poll appears to be Republicans have control but Americans want the two parties to work closely together ...